Questions from International Business

Q: Do you think the company is doing enough to limit the well

Do you think the company is doing enough to limit the well-known risks and costs associated with high expatriate failure rates? Is there anything else it might do?

Q: What do you think about AstraZeneca's efforts to increase employee diversity?

What do you think about AstraZeneca's efforts to increase employee diversity? How might this benefit the company?

Q: Gazprom recently formed a strategic alliance with China. Why is China

Gazprom recently formed a strategic alliance with China. Why is China important to the company? What prompted the alliance?

Q: Should companies like Tesla rely on government subsidies in selling their cars

Should companies like Tesla rely on government subsidies in selling their cars since they are better for the environment than traditional cars based on the old technology of traditional combustion eng...

Q: Some governments are more likely to subsidize electrical cars (and many

Some governments are more likely to subsidize electrical cars (and many other products) than other governments. Denmark took a stand to not subsidize (for now) electrical cars. Should such subsidies b...

Q: Tesla made a remarkable sales growth—from a startup (albeit

Tesla made a remarkable sales growth—from a startup (albeit with great financing) to $7 billion in sales with some $25 billion in assets. Does this mean that the Tesla business model was good and the...

Q: If all government subsidies went away worldwide to electrical cars, will

If all government subsidies went away worldwide to electrical cars, will Tesla be as successful in five years as it is now? (Will Tesla even exist in 10 years?)

Q: Reread the Management Focus on Walmart’s International Division and answer the following

Reread the Management Focus on Walmart’s International Division and answer the following questions: a. Why did the centralization of decisions at the headquarters of Walmart’s international division c...

Q: Reread the Management Focus on Dow Chemical; then answer the following

Reread the Management Focus on Dow Chemical; then answer the following questions: a. Why did Dow first adopt a matrix structure? What were the problems with this structure? Do you think these problems...

Q: Reread the Management Focus on Lincoln Electric; then answer the following

Reread the Management Focus on Lincoln Electric; then answer the following questions: a. To what extent is the organizational culture of Lincoln Electric aligned with the firm’s strategy? b. How was t...